Then & Now: Oneida hospital has seen many changes

ONEIDA >> The Oneida Public Hospital, located on Williams Street, was one of the first medical centers in the area.

The hospital was built in May 1900 and was eventually extended to house 16 beds in the 1930s.

Its original mission statement, that dates back to the early 1900s, stated the object of the hospital was "to care for the afflicted and suffering without regard to nationality, sex, color, age or religious belief."

The building was torn down 75 years ago after the instillation of the hospital on Broad Street. The lot the Public Hospital used to sit on at 313 William St. is vacant, though Historian Dave Alvord said that the original building may have occupied that space at the adjacent property at 315.